New-York tribune., 1887-12-12
Personal.
Professor T. W. Woolsey has returned to Yale amer
spending two years In Southern California


Professor T. W. woolsey has returned to Yale affer
spending two years In Southern California
Professor f. [. o. Rochrig, formerly llngui't and
phlologist at Cornell, - now managing frchch
paper, La Progress at Los ADgcics, caI
The Rev. Liewcllyn Pratt, OF the Hartford Thco-
logical Seminary, formerly professor at Williams,
has been called 10 tho Broadway Congregational
Church, Norwich, Conn
DR.. Francis Wayland Dean of the Yale Law School,
has bcen elected Fellow OF Brown University.
.Thc news OF the death OF Valentine Baser came
10 me' saws Mr. Edmund Yates in his World " as
personal grief for though OF late years my opportnni
ties of meeting him had been but few, IN the time OF
his trorbe saw him frequently, and was, as all must
have becn deeply impressed by tho quiet forttudc
with which hs hore the consequences OF his mad act
and the contrton evidenced ry his silence and SUD-
mission to his fre. l went to see him in Horsemonger
Lane Gaol and found him in good-szed room fairly
furnished and with even certain air OF comfort given
to by the tiger skin rugs apd few nlcknacEs which
he had brought with him. was struck at once py
his curious personal resemblance Mr. G. A. sala he
had the Jet black hair and nord complcxion ana
on talking to him found the similarity bornc out By
his voices rich musical cadence and the charm Of his
manner. lie entered at once into certain plans OF
Jour ga isc cooperation which laid before him, ana
numLer OF" The Oll' he wrote an article
on Modern Cavalry which created an instani ane ons
wdcsp pread excitement. IL Wa reproduced In fuu
Times the succeeding a.
on at home ana aoroad IN an tnosc s'ies " NO. no.
strategy interests and tactics are discussed from tha
time, as long as no renamed IN thglahi, vaehlInS
Hascr was equent contrDutor to this journal, and
my personal friend. am tolo Dy thosc VINO hIow
much more than myself about such matters that
cOndOnation OF his offence, after tho manner In
which had been explaed, even after lapse OF ten
years since It's commission, was impossible Ills re-
admission any position in tho ranks OF the Britsh
Army from which he had been removed was. IN inc
any precedent. declared by military mon no
had the kinaest feeling for their OLD coniadc, 10 pe
equally impractica able.'
Bishop Kip of California, hes been suffering from
a cataract.
According 10 thst well Informed writer NJ. Colani, Of
.La Repub.llue Francalser Prince Bismarck would
gain authority by the death OF the Crown Prince
"with William II the throne,' he says, the
Chancellor WI continue TO be all powerful. His per-
sonal authority will grow stronger and stronger
at home, whilst abroad will be continued the
policy of ensaving Europe b. alliances, and II n'ces-
sary by war. Whether the old Emperor live few
years longer or rot Bismarck may henreorth be con
OF the Crown Prince from the political stage IS there
fore much gravcP event than Is imagined at the I'm
peral palace or in the Wihelmstfasse."
Ex-senator seweu, of New-Jersey, has returned
homo from the Pacific coast.
recent Issue OF Punch' contains cartoon which
those who disagree with its motives will concede
be of the cleverest produced by that unap
proachable cartoonist, Mr.. IennieL Grouped to the
right and left Of hlgn pedestal, surmounted by q
double faced bust of Mr.. Gladstone, arc two street
scenes. To the left, metropolitan policeman IS tack
ling a rough, whom no has feled with blow of his
fist in order to avoid the lump of granite with which
the man Is armed. To tbs right there Is acompanOn
picture Of member OF the Royal Irish Constabulary
wrestling shllelagh from the grasp of rotous Irish
The humOr OF the drawing consists in the con
trast Of expression the two faces with which the
bust Of Mr. Gladstone is provided. The countenance
that loolIs down upon no London scene Is suiused
with smile Of radiant appreciation, while that which
gldres at the Irish tusSle burns with Ind gnat0n and
anger. At the bottom Of the page Is the title Of the
cartoon, "The Grand Old Janns' with the words
Quite right Constable ~ he hand and Quite
wrong, Constable !" on the other
Colonel and Mrs. F. D. Grant are visiting Mrs.
James Paul, jr., in Philadelphia.